The Spin Of The Wheel
We l e a r n e d a l o t about r o u l e t t e 6 b l a c k j a c k , we had some f u n b a i n g t o g e t h e r - and we made money f o r Carnegie s o we can g e t a vaii t h i s siiiitjer. I ' m t a l k i n g about t h e Casino t h a t was h e l d t h e weekend of A p r i l 24 & 25 a t the Mandarin C e n t r e at Main E H a s t i n g s . We w e r e n ' t p l a y i n g a t t h e Casino. We were running i t , a s a f u n d - r a i s i n g e v e n t . I t was o u r f i r s t Casino. We earned about a t o t a l o f $11,000 f o r t h e 2 n i g h t s . With t h a t money we can l e a s e a van t h a t can t a k e Carnegie & Oppenheimer Park p e o p l e on outings. And one of t h e b e s t t h i n g s about it i s t h a t v i r t u a l l y a l l t h e money came from o u t s i d e o f Carnegie. No Carnegie p e o p l e had t o spend any o f t h e i r own money. T h i s i s t h e b e s t kind of f u n d - r a i s i n g f o r u s , because we a r e n o t t a x i n g o u r s e l v e s t o pay f o r o u r programs.
Thanks t o t h e d e d i c a t e d crow a f volunt e e r s who made i t p o s s i b l e : Ed Buhr, Vicki Dutcher, Bharb Gudmundson, Garry Gust, g r i z q E!etherifig+-cfi- Wa\rn~ J--"-1 1 zancl, gfin'lfj MacPherson, I r e n e Schmidt, J e f f Sommers, Paul T a y l o r and Bob t h e C h i l i m a s t e r . We're p l a n n i n g on h o l d i n g a n o t h e r Casino b u t t h e way l i c e n c e s go i t w i l l p r o b a b l y be l a t e r t h i s y e a r o r e a r l y n e x t y e a r . Speaking o f f u n d - r a i s i n g , t h e new Garden Bingo i s now underway a t t h e PNE. I t ' s open noon t o midnight, seven days a week 6 h a s a l l b r i g h t new equipment. Proceeds go t o b e n e f i t Carnegie programs - 6 l i k e t h e Casino, we d o n ' t have t o r a i s e t h e money from i n s i d e Carnegie. I t ' s v o l u n t e e r s who make it p o s s i b l e t h e r e t o o . Our r e g u l a r v o l u n t e e r s i n c l u d e Ed Buhr, Barb Gray, Abby Kizner, Claude Mortimer, George Nicholas 6 I r e n e Schmidt.